Show ID RECENTLY DECENTLY many of our students rec received ived circular letters from an alleged literary firm in the East offering offering- to supply them with orations debates lectures essays or sermons ranging in price from fifty cents to fifty dollars Now another such batch has come and the students are again insulted by being asked to purchase something with which to deceive the world This firm states that by honest conscientious conscientious con con- work it has laid the foundation foundation foundation tion of a great business It maintains th that it is a necessity in modern life and proposes to supply students ministers ministers min and business me men l with the material material ma material ma- ma that they have not the time or the brains to originate Some would think that in certain circumstances circumstances circumstances cir cir- a business man whose thoughts do not run in literary lines would be justified in patronizing such a concern but then what a smack of hypocrisy it has for a man to to stand up and parrot-like parrot to recite thoughts of some one else and at the same time to tomake tomake tomake make people believe they are re his own But a minister minister imagine imagine one arise before before before be be- fore a congregation all hungry for spiritual spiritual spiritual spir spir- food food and and with various swings of the arms twisting of the countenance and closing of the eyes deliver forth one of those ready made sermons How t to deeply moved would his audience doubtless doubtless doubtless doubt doubt- less be I But what a crime would it be for a student to use se such contemptible means of deception By doing so he would acknowledge that apparent ability was more to him than honor He would drop immediately from the rank of a seeker after Truth to a procurer of dishonest dishonest dishonest dis dis- honest fame And unpleasant as it may sound he cannot but admit that he heis heis heis is a detestable liar We have no doubt that when these letters are delivered the students will take advantage of the waste-paper waste baskets baskets baskets bas bas- around the building watt 14 |